Religion and State in Israel

Tel Aviv threatens to shutter stores open on Shabbat

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Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar declares war on 24/7 supermarkets.

Tel Aviv to enforce Shabbat closure of stores, will appeal ruling

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Tel Aviv convenience stores to remain closed Saturdays

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Editorial: In Sabbath store-hour law, another loss for secular Israelis

Israeli official closes Tel Aviv shops on Sabbath

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Interior Minister Saar nixes bylaw that would let Tel Aviv businesses open on Sabbath

Herzog calls on Sa'ar to permit grocery stores to open on Shabbat

Opinion: Keep your hands off Tel Aviv, Mr. Minister

Interior Minister Gideon Saar jeopardizes accessibility to Tel Aviv convenience stores on Shabbat

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Jerusalem's Independence Park to get new cafe open on Shabbat

Ministers reject calls for public transportation on Saturdays

SHABBAT AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

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Shabbat-enforcer Gideon Sa'ar meets Shabbat-public-transportation-bill-torpedoer Tzipi Livni.

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Meretz Runs Free Shabbat Buses Yet Again

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SHABBAT AND WEEKEND

Israel’s Justice Minister pushes to make Sunday a day off

Livni backs proposal for Saturday-Sunday weekend

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Opinion: Shabbat in Israel: An Island in Time

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RABBINATE

20 percent of local rabbinates circumventing law abolishing marriage registration zones

Opinion: The Rabbinate is not why we’re here

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RELIGIOUS SERVICES MINISTRY

Marriage registration discount to be given to female religious seminary students

Girls can’t get discount on marriage registration fees that boys are entitled to, NGO finds

When is a woman studying Torah worth less than a male yeshiva student?

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HAREDI SOCIETY AND EDUCATION

Shas head’s anti-education message for women judged unlikely to stop growing trend

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Opinion: Is higher education immodest?

Ultra-Orthodox women fight for their right to Higher Education

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Changing the Equation for Orthodox Women Studying Math and Science

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Education Ministry backpedals; will foot bill for summer camps

Rabbi's ban on women's studies embarrasses Shas

Hiddush slams Shas leader's attack on women's higher education

http://hiddush.org/

Report: Adina Bar-Shalom’s Chareidi College in debt for NIS 6 million

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

IDF AND HAREDI DRAFT

Haredi enlistment down 40 percent in 2014 following passage of new conscription bill

IDF: Number of Haredi recruits down 50%

IDF Yeshiva Leader Demands: 'Cancel Enlistment Law'

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HAREDI SOCIETY

Ultra-Orthodox integration: It takes two to tango

20 years after the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Chabad is thriving

HABAD/CHABAD

KASHRUT/RITUAL SLAUGHTER

“Kosher with no certificate”

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Rabbinate to boost kosher milk imports

Rabbi Pinto files $30m defamation suit in NY against Israel TV company, journalist

RELIGION AND SOCIETY

VIDEO: Actor Michael Douglas visits Western Wall Tunnels for son’s Bar Mitzvah

Meditation with a Jewish twist offers Israelis a respite from reality

http://www.jewishjournal.com/rosnersdomain/

RELIGIOUS ZIONISM

The Rav Kook Exchange, Part 3: On Orthodoxy

WOMEN

NCJW to Present Annual Jewel Bellush Award to Lesley Sachs

http://www.ncjw.org/

Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari Elected for Third Time to Prestigious UN Committee

http://www1.biu.ac.il/

TEMPLE MOUNT

Jewish visitors to Jerusalem's Temple Mount besieged, taunted by hundreds of Muslims